This was going to be the week where we would get some striker(s) through the door, and manager Alan Pardew was hopeful of having somebody in before the St. Mirren game on Tuesday night, and after the 2-0 win he said he was hopeful of getting someone in before the game at Rangers next Tuesday night.
Bafetimbi Gomis – Newcastle can still do this deal
It all started on Monday morning when we learned that Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas had turned down Newcastle’s increased offer of £6.8M for French International striker Bafetimbi Gomis, who is a free agent next summer.
That was a good offer from Newcastle, and there is still hope we can get him through the door, and it looks like some of our Frenchmen like Moussa Sissoko or in communication with him, which is very positive.
And then Joe Kinnear went after Darren Bent, probably our third choice target, but he needn’t have bothered as it turned out we were willing to offer only £2M to Aston Villa and couldn’t get close to matching Bent’s wages of £70K/week, and it looks like the door is now open for Fulham to sign him.
And then late yesterday there was a bit of a blow when we heard from QPR boss Harry Redknapp, that the club were unwilling to loan out Loic Remy, although QPR then announced they had signed Charlie Austin from Burnley.
That may help to change things, but it looks like Tottenham could sell Gareth Bale for over £100M to Real Madrid (Newcastle didn’t bother bidding) and Spurs will use some of the money to strengthen their side, and both Remy and Gomis has been mentioned as potential targets in some reports.
So while things don’t look too good at the moment, one positive thing to end on – things cannot get any worse than they are now.
That’s true isn’t it? 😀
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47 comments so far
Toon73
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:32 AM
Comment #1It’s comedy capers at the Toon
JAMSHA
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:33 AM
Comment #2mrng
magpie6699
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:33 AM
Comment #3Not sure Spurs would be that interested in Gomis or Remy. Haven’t they just bought a striker and if they get a wadge of cash like that for Bale, surely they will aim higher – no disrespect to us or the 2 players. Selling clubs will also know they can hold them to ransom!
Edd Case
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:34 AM
Comment #4Just so depressing.
Seems bar that January window, or transfer windows these days are pathetic.
We used to be so good at getting quality players in.
I absolutely dread us not signing new players for the coming season.
HBA will inevitably be knacked early on, Cisse is our only top striker, Tiote will face suspension, our defence isn’t exactly rock solid and we still can’t score from a corner.
Klatoon
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:34 AM
Comment #5Think of it this way lads,
1. we’ve got the most settled squad, our players know each other quite well.
2.They all know they let the club and themselves down last season.
3. We are NUFC, we surprise, when expectations are high (last season) we under achieve, when they are low ( couple seasons ago) we almost get into the CL!
4. We are bloody Newcastle United!!!
That worked? Nah…didnt think so, we need to sign strikers ASAP
Tyldesley Toon
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:34 AM
Comment #6‘Things cannot get any worse’
Tempting fete there Ed
Burni
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:35 AM
Comment #7It could get worse. He could sell cabaye and hba and extend pardews contract.
How u think we went from being top five and playing well, with a swagger, week in week out to near relegation? Something must have happened….
Tyldesley Toon
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:36 AM
Comment #8Fate*
Burni
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:36 AM
Comment #9Lol……fete
Tyldesley Toon
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:37 AM
Comment #10I blamed most if the season on formation, inability to pass properly and what looked like fatigue after every game reached 70 minutes
~Joke-innear~
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:37 AM
Comment #11A pig would sooner grow wings before JFK gets someone through the door.
Plans are underway to implement a full page photo to be used as the defition for the words
– useless
– pathetic
– clueless
– Tw@t
– Imbecile
and lastly incompetent.
giimps
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:37 AM
Comment #12Its great being a toon fan under Cashley and his minions.
My only hope is that we get a new owner who is prepared to at least speculate to accumulate based on financial rewards available, each place up the league we are at the end of the season means we get an extra 1.25 mil or there abouts, so spend the extra 1 mil for Gomis and get Remy, there goals would in all probability push us up to mid table meaning an extra 12 mil, and then you have there resale value when they are scoring…..well it makes sense to me anyway……come on lets just get it done…….please?
Tyldesley Toon
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:38 AM
Comment #13I realised I’d spelt it wrong as soon as a pressed publish
Bambams
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:39 AM
Comment #14Didn’t Pardew say mistakes had been made last year and they would not be making them again.
I still maintain the only reason we have not signed anyone yet is because we have not sold anyone to fund them. If PSG had bid and bought Cabaye for say £20-25 million we would have signed our strikers. Ashley wont use the tv monies or merchandise money or HIS money…..
Imo
browny
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:40 AM
Comment #15Let me guess comes to last day of the transfer window and club says they tried but we’re unsuccessful in bringing someone in ! Wow what a chairman we have here we are 2 signings from having a decent squad well except our left wing but beggars can’t be choosers just remember fans he won’t be here forever its just a waiting game now !
Markaccus
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:41 AM
Comment #16Tyldesley
Yes i was wondering how you would tempt a school or church fair 😀
Burni
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:42 AM
Comment #17Well one positive out of that browny should surely be that JFK wouldbe shown the door……. Surely?
browny
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:46 AM
Comment #18Burni yes we hope but remember he probably is our future manager again he did say that we had a good squad and record under him what a joke
Tyldesley Toon
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:46 AM
Comment #19I’d have a school for church fair if it brought some cash in for players
scout
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:47 AM
Comment #20Imagine if that’s true you turn up with your client, bent in this case and a man sits infront of you and offers 2 million for a guy who was sold for 18 million 2 years ago????
Has it ever happened in world football?
Kinnear has the best job in the world, just turns up offers something that will be turned down and goes home.
Charlie in the Gallowgate
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:47 AM
Comment #21The TOON are going to get no one in this summer unless they sell a purpleeeeeeee.
Joe Kinnear is in as a buffer between Ashley and Pardew. His only role at the minute is to scupper any deals by talking sh*t and maybe also getting rid of Pardew by frustrating him.
lesh
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:47 AM
Comment #22Last season was over in June, Kinnear was put into the club to oversee player comings and goings, it’s now August and the new season starts in a fortnight and the transfer window closes soon.
So, where are we?
We’ve lost players. We’ve watched supposed targets go elsewhere. It’s taken over two months to find out that Remy is unlikely to be loaned to us. Likewise that Bent is too expensive and his wage expectations too high. We seem to be at an impasse over Gomis. We’ve one and a bit strikers (Shola being the bit).
Do we see any signs of incomers to the first team? What a shambles of a football club!
Tubai
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:47 AM
Comment #23Sometimes i wonder why did Mike Ashley buy Newcastle United?
Markaccus
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:47 AM
Comment #24We have really been one striker light since ba left, and have been short of quality back up since we arrived in the prem. We needed a versatile forward last summer, and we needed to replace Ba in jan. Neither happened. Surely even though Ashley is devoid of a footballing brain, he has enough evidence to realise we need these players NOW! It is getting really silly.
Thought id get some comments in before this site gets trolled out of existence for the day
bully76
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:48 AM
Comment #25Its getting ridicilous now that we cant get a player through the door,the only good thing to come out of this is it shows how unsuited joe kinnear is for job and how much crap he talks.I am a loyal newcastle fan for over twenty years and live in ireland,i travel over to 2 or 3 games a year which isnt cheap when travel hotels and match tickets are involved.I have taught about moving to newcastle so i could go to matches more as like most newcastle fans i am very passionate about team.Iam however getting fedup with ashley and his lack of ambition and passion for the club i love,i wont be going over this year to give him more of my money,this is the biggest season in premiership history with more money available than ever to cclubs from the tv rights yet we have signed no one,wh yis graham carr bothering to do his good work scouting.we have a good squad and with an outlay of 20 million or so could get a few good players in to make us even stronger instead of letting ever other club around us strenghten,heres hoping we can get something done in next week or 2,afterall we were meant to be learning from our mistakes last year of a small squad.
Magpie Myles
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:50 AM
Comment #26Swansea looked good last night, shame we don’t play their style of football. Good debut for Bony as well.
Oh well, comon Shola, your our secret weapon!
cestriasteve
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:51 AM
Comment #27It’s a crying shame when you see the 2 new signings for a little team like Swansea settling in so quickly. If u have ever been to Swansea you wouldn’t believe that such a small town could pull off the structure and team they have built. I think something is seriously wrong at NUFC. I know that gate revenue bares little effect on teams these days but of Net spend over the last 2 seasons has got to be less than Swansea , we get more than 15 thousand more fans than Spurs and we can’t be mentioned in the same breath as them as far as transfers are concerned !!
lesh
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Comment #28giimps….. Speculate to accumulate makes sense to a lot of people apart from…….
Maybe those that do think that way are missing something.
Swansea got a good result last night – any more to be said?
scout
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:54 AM
Comment #29Maybe he should consider a zero hours approach?
Scottiedog
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:56 AM
Comment #30To stop any more high hopes and disappointment I am not reading anymore blogs until Sept 1st……….
lesh
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:56 AM
Comment #31scout, ye jest.
You can bet your boots that some of the staff at SJP are on zero hour contracts.
Ben3arfa
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:57 AM
Comment #32The Kinnear & Ashley Circus
Come right in folks
lesh
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:59 AM
Comment #33Tyldesley Toon // Aug 2, 2013 at 8:38 AM
‘I realised I’d spelt it wrong as soon as a pressed publish’.
How could you mis-spell it? It that is.
JAMSHA
Aug 2, 2013 at 8:59 AM
Comment #34too make us a wee club… coz his a mackhem
Rotonda heights
Aug 2, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Comment #35Oh to be Swansea with a knowledgeable footballing chairman and a great attacking footballing manager.
We have someone who knows nothing about football and a negative hoof ball manager. A-R-G-H !!!!!!!
Toon73
Aug 2, 2013 at 9:02 AM
Comment #364 weeks left..can’t wait to hear all the BS excuses come out
lesh
Aug 2, 2013 at 9:03 AM
Comment #37Ben3arfa // Aug 2, 2013 at 8:57 AM
The Kinnear & Ashley Circus featuring clowns, jugglers, illusionists, tight-rope walkers, performing seals – in town now!!
geordiemark
Aug 2, 2013 at 9:03 AM
Comment #38just look at ashleys 20,000 employees at sports direct on zero hours to save the tight bastard money so he doesnt have to pay them sick money or holiday money what kind of a man does that to his own workforce and expect loyalty, now look at the toon hes making a bomb from free advertising,tv money, ect ect a fortune he wont spend a penny on players like others have said he thought he could sell a few players like cabaye,cissie maybe krul to bankroll new players the mans a moron of the highest order the sooner he sells up the better for all concerned
Assam Toon
Aug 2, 2013 at 9:05 AM
Comment #39really like the way the spurs owner has been refusing to sell bale for so long. and even if he does, he will have a shipload of money. the way he has tried to hold on to a player of bale’s calibre for so long speaks volume of his intentions as a football club owner.
Santon03
Aug 2, 2013 at 9:05 AM
Comment #40sorry repost
I don’t know how many players has been sold or let go by the Scums, I haven’t followed any news about them (actually I don’t really care).
But if they buy more than they sold, that means they have too many players and huge wage bill, they could be the next Leeds or Portsmouth